- Oct 12, 2004
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Sounds like Bostock is a goer - from Fans FC
Warnock said, "I'm so disappointed about the whole Bostock situation. I wasn't aware that it was close to going through until I got on the coach after the game at Bristol City. I've heard that he has left because a member of my staff has allegedly told him that he wouldn't be able to play in my system - it's just a total excuse.
"I just wish he had come up to me and said: 'Neil, we've weighed up our options and decided to go to Spurs - I would have accepted that. But to say that one of my members of staff has told him that he wouldn't fit in with my style of play is absolute garbage. He has gone for the money - simple.
"I missed out on Ruben Zadkovich because I thought he would hinder Bostock's progress and now he does this. I was the one who first gave him a chance in the first team - this really does feel like a kick in the teeth."
You have to wonder if when agents give advice to kids like Bostock they are taking a long term view or just making a quick buck. Most lads never make the grade, so take the money when its offered. Bostock will probably rot in our reserves for a few of years and then get released; whereas had he stayed at Palace he would have been fast tracked into the first team, giving him a platform to move onto greater things. It is no coincidence that the most successful Spurs youth product of recent years is Peter Crouch, who had the sense to turn down a contract at Spurs and followed Gerry back to QPR.